\ B word boundary
\ Bcool \ b matches only cool string
[root@MongoDB ~]# cat test.txt i am mike1 i am mike i am mike12
String matching row has mike
[root@MongoDB ~]# grep '\bmike\b' test.txt i am mike
\ B word boundary
\ Bcool \ b matches only cool string
[root@MongoDB ~]# cat test.txt i am mike1 i am mike i am mike12
String matching row has mike
[root@MongoDB ~]# grep '\bmike\b' test.txt i am mike